NBCE names executive committee, District IV director

May 8, 2008—The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) re-elected officers and its District IV director during the board’s organizational meeting May 2, 2008 in Atlanta.

Vernon R. Temple, DC,was re-elected to serve as president of the board. Temple is a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, and has been in practice in Vermont since 1978. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Orthopedists and a former chairman of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards.

N. Edwin Weathersby, DC, was re-elected as NBCE vice president. Weathersby is a graduate of Western States Chiropractic College and currently owns a multi-disciplinary practice in Glendale, Ariz. He was previously the president of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards.

Theodore J. Scott, DC,was re-elected to the NBCE as treasurer. Scott is a 1978 doctor of chiropractic graduate from Texas Chiropractic College. He served as chairman of the Utah State Professional Standards Committee from 1989 to 2001.

Mary-Ellen Rada, DC,was re-elected as secretary for the NBCE. Rada is a graduate of Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic in Spartanburg, S.C., and has been in practice in New Jersey since 1990. She is the former president and a current member of the New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, where she has served since 2000.

Theodore J. Scott, DC, of Kaysville, Utah, was re-elected to serve a second term as District IV director for which Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.

Scott has served as chair of the Utah State Chiropractic Physicians Licensing Board, and was reappointed to this position in 2004 for a four-year term.